Oct 10 Keystone Oil Pipeline Project Divides Nebraska Residents The NewsHour's Tom Bearden and photographer Brian Gill traveled to Nebraska's Sand Hills for a recent story. Photo by Tom Bearden. If your car ever dies in the middle of nowhere, you better hope you're in Nebraska. While working… Continue reading
Oct 10 In Wake of Qwikster's Hasty Death, Netflix Faces Questions of Its Own Can you declare a company dead if it never actually began doing business? It's a slightly existential question one might pose to those who would have run Qwikster, the DVD-by-mail business that Netflix said it was launching just… Continue reading
Oct 10 DIY Genetics, Dwindling Water and Seismologists on Trial By Jenny Marder Updated 6:00 pm Are We Entering a New Geologic Age? Some scientists say human activity has pushed the planet into a new geologic age. It has it's own name: Anthropocene, or Age of Man. (Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen coined… Continue reading
Oct 07 Virus Hunters Stalk the Next Global Epidemic Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe. Photo by Tom Clynes. Ask the not-so-simple question of one of the world's leading virologists, "What is a virus?" and the reaction is immediate. He sits up in his chair, throws one leg over another. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch What Does Future Hold for Tech World, Apple Without Jobs? Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was remembered Thursday as being one the of world's greatest innovators. Jeffrey Brown discusses his life and work with Google's Vint Cerf, Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin and AOL co-founder Steve Case. Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Remembering the Life, Designs of Digital Visionary Steve Jobs In a statement late Wednesday, Apple said its co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at age 56. Correspondent Spence Michels looks back on the life and work of the digital visionary. Continue watching
Oct 06 Steve Jobs in 1985: Apple Has 'Common Vision' on Changing the World Upon the death of Steve Jobs, we dipped into the NewsHour's video vault for past coverage of Apple and Jobs. We uncovered this 1985 piece by Elizabeth Brackett that captures a tumultuous time in the company's history. In… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Steve Jobs in 1985: Apple Employees Have 'Common Vision' on Changing the World In a segment from the April 5, 1985 edition of the "MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour," correspondent Elizabeth Brackett examines Apple Computer, featuring co-founder and then-Chairman Steve Jobs. Continue watching
Oct 06 Steve Jobs Must-Reads: Reflections, Tributes, Photos and Webcomics Notes of condolence for Steve Jobs at an Apple store in Hong Kong. AFP/Getty Updated 1:42 p.m. ET The Web was awash in tributes and remembrances for late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs Thursday as people reacted to news that… Continue reading
Oct 05 Apple's Steve Jobs Dies at Age 56 Updated 8:53 p.m. ET Apple said in a brief statement late Wednesday that company co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died. Jobs, 56, has been suffering from pancreatic cancer and has been on medical leave for an… Continue reading